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ghana and tanzania and ethiopia, nigeria and liberia. there are six of them in total. okay. i was proud of myself for remembering and getting the agencies. but we have seen is not just other embassies and other u.s. agents that want to be part of power africa, but the question is what does it mean to be part of this. well, it really is kind of its own -- it's meant to complement a lot of the activities that are already doing great things from the u.s. government and the department of state and those with tanzania and ghana and those in the energy sector and the partnership for growth also. you have the office africa in johannesburg and they have people in the field there as well. you have the initiative out of the state department. you have all these different u.s. government initiatives and programs and activities. what it does is it brands the u.s. government's power activities. using existing tools to make sure these are complement each other and we're basically trying to improve the impact and increase impact they are having. we now have additional findings and tools for
ghana and tanzania and ethiopia, nigeria and liberia. there are six of them in total. okay. i was proud of myself for remembering and getting the agencies. but we have seen is not just other embassies and other u.s. agents that want to be part of power africa, but the question is what does it mean to be part of this. well, it really is kind of its own -- it's meant to complement a lot of the activities that are already doing great things from the u.s. government and the department of state and...
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liberia. >> is he saying -- >> liberia. >> liberia? i don't know. i know the capital of the states and the -- the united states. >> give me the capital of iowa. >> columbia. >> columbus. >> columbus, ohio. you sougthought i said ohio. i said iowa. that's okay. what have they told you about mensa? this is -- fourntly, this is -- >> he's 5 years old. >> he's 5. a boy genius but still a 5-year-old. we sit him on sandbags, too, which probably doesn't help the situation. while we get him situated there, let me turn to you, robert. talk to me about your son and when you realized he was smarter than the average 5-year-old? >> he's our own kid. so we didn't realize he was what they call gifted. we grew up in -- i grew up in collinsville where he's going to school now. and we -- were camping, and one of the ladies -- gus, stop playing now. one of the ladies with us was surprised he was able to read what was on her -- she has kids. we bring books. she said, he shouldn't be reading that. we started reading about gifted programs. and -- gus. another site and we
liberia. >> is he saying -- >> liberia. >> liberia? i don't know. i know the capital of the states and the -- the united states. >> give me the capital of iowa. >> columbia. >> columbus. >> columbus, ohio. you sougthought i said ohio. i said iowa. that's okay. what have they told you about mensa? this is -- fourntly, this is -- >> he's 5 years old. >> he's 5. a boy genius but still a 5-year-old. we sit him on sandbags, too, which probably...
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they include an advisory about a shortage of hotel rooms in liberia. january 2009. that was also signed, if you will, by secretary condoleezza rice in that case. a listing of new office phone numbers in the brazzaville embassy in the republic of the congo signed again by secretary clinton. perhaps the best of all, a cable signed, if you will, by clinton about e-mail etiquette, like tips avoiding all-cap letters. it's perceived as shouting she said, or somebody did. i know firsthand all sorts of cables come signed by the secretary of state. when i was in the peace corps in africa, i got one signed by william rogers who was then secretary of state. i knew it was not coming from him personally. joining me "the huffington post's" howard fineman and salon.com's joan walsh. anyone who knows anything about foreign policy knows all mail, cables, whatever they're called these days, they are e-mail, coming from washington, bear the name kerry like they've done all the way back to jefferson when they went by the pony express or whatever. this is hilarious. i want to start with
they include an advisory about a shortage of hotel rooms in liberia. january 2009. that was also signed, if you will, by secretary condoleezza rice in that case. a listing of new office phone numbers in the brazzaville embassy in the republic of the congo signed again by secretary clinton. perhaps the best of all, a cable signed, if you will, by clinton about e-mail etiquette, like tips avoiding all-cap letters. it's perceived as shouting she said, or somebody did. i know firsthand all sorts of...
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. >> greg: if we were liberia or greece i could understand listening to this guy. we are the greatest country that has ever been and probably ever will be. he says to discard the outdated document to make the greatest country it will be. what is it about the academic that look at fruit and causes of the victory and wants to sacrifice them and embrace the ideas of history? >> bob: you missed your normal opening. look at that guy. the entire left is like that. the entire left. >> greg: i like that guy. he is honest and constitutional professor. >> kimberly: but they all say that. have you met a constitutional law professor that doesn't say that? that doesn't want everyone to challenge the law, walk in the class naked for the nude, you know, cases. i had that happen. >> dana: what? >> greg: trying to get you to do that. >> eric: academia leans left. >> bob: that's right, tall left looks like that guy. >> greg: that guy is not for gun control. that is the interesting thing about the professor. >> eric: he is a georgetown law professor. >> dana: i thought his hair was f
. >> greg: if we were liberia or greece i could understand listening to this guy. we are the greatest country that has ever been and probably ever will be. he says to discard the outdated document to make the greatest country it will be. what is it about the academic that look at fruit and causes of the victory and wants to sacrifice them and embrace the ideas of history? >> bob: you missed your normal opening. look at that guy. the entire left is like that. the entire left....
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she's the president of liberia, ellen johnson serley. i was sitting in liberia. i said to her, james madison, by design, said this is to be an ugly, messy, difficult process. i'll never forget how she looked at me and said, david, you've forgotten one thing. yes, it is an ugly, messy, difficult process but you have to add the fact that it works. and as difficult as it has been to get to this point, we need to realize that it's an ugly, messy, difficult process, this is a very small step, it's a first step in our quest for tax reform and entitlement reform which will get us back onto a path toward economic growth and the kind of prosperity that we want and that the american people deserve and it will create a greater degree of certainty, we all know that uncertainty is the enemy of prosperity and so making permanent these tax cuts for 99% of the american people is a very important step in our quest to ep sure that there is that degree of -- to ensure that there is a degree of certainty. mr. speaker, i will say again that i do associate myself with some of the thin
she's the president of liberia, ellen johnson serley. i was sitting in liberia. i said to her, james madison, by design, said this is to be an ugly, messy, difficult process. i'll never forget how she looked at me and said, david, you've forgotten one thing. yes, it is an ugly, messy, difficult process but you have to add the fact that it works. and as difficult as it has been to get to this point, we need to realize that it's an ugly, messy, difficult process, this is a very small step, it's a...
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to train 150 psychiatric nurses because they've only had one psychiatrist in all of liberia. so she works on mental health all over the world. >> now i reckon you will live another 40 years, which is my guess looking at you, what is your legacy? if you wrote your own tombstone, what would you like it so say. >> human rights and peace. aggressively seek peace and bring hope to people in the world.
to train 150 psychiatric nurses because they've only had one psychiatrist in all of liberia. so she works on mental health all over the world. >> now i reckon you will live another 40 years, which is my guess looking at you, what is your legacy? if you wrote your own tombstone, what would you like it so say. >> human rights and peace. aggressively seek peace and bring hope to people in the world.
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liberia is emerging from years of devastating civil war. the volunteers from howard county traveled there last year to get a handle on the sort of help they need. >> this year we're following up on a promise. last year we told them we'd be back. we're going to come back with a lot of others to help and we'll bring some equipment. >> like it when you're a man of your word. the photos of the trip, here are a few from last year. this time the howard county group will provide the liberian firefighters with a used fire engine and ambulance, a lot of used but still useful gear. they're working in conjunction with other fire departments from across the country. >>> we are on top of some breaking news tonight as los angeles international airport still closed right now after a shooting this afternoon. >> one tsa agent dead, six people at least including the gunman hurt. our bruce leshan is monitoring the situation and joins us now live with the latest. >> police say it now looks like 23-year-old paul ciancia was going through the terminal targeting
liberia is emerging from years of devastating civil war. the volunteers from howard county traveled there last year to get a handle on the sort of help they need. >> this year we're following up on a promise. last year we told them we'd be back. we're going to come back with a lot of others to help and we'll bring some equipment. >> like it when you're a man of your word. the photos of the trip, here are a few from last year. this time the howard county group will provide the...
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we shared a joint stock -- stop in liberia to celebrate the presidency of ellen sirleaf johnson. it gave me an opportunity to see your remarkable skills and stamina and dterminateterminati. in my view, your leadership has helped restore america's credibility. he had also built bridges here on the hill -- you have also built bridges here on the hill. while your likely successor has my full confidence, you will be deeply missed. he said in your opening statement you are determined to leave our country safer, a more secure. in my view because of your leadership, they are. the review board found security was grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place in benghazi. the mistakes that were made are unacceptable and i am pleased as the department will document recommendations -- implement recommendations. i know you agree that the massive security failures cannot happen again. i look forward to working with my colleagues on this committee in a review of the resources needed and the state department structure to ensure that we do better to protect our diplomats and other am
we shared a joint stock -- stop in liberia to celebrate the presidency of ellen sirleaf johnson. it gave me an opportunity to see your remarkable skills and stamina and dterminateterminati. in my view, your leadership has helped restore america's credibility. he had also built bridges here on the hill -- you have also built bridges here on the hill. while your likely successor has my full confidence, you will be deeply missed. he said in your opening statement you are determined to leave our...
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if you look at places like sierra leone, liberia, east timor, haiti, the un has played a central role in restoring order to countries that would otherwise be utter wrecks. i think the un's record is deeply imperfect as we have already discussed but overall, un peacekeeping forces do save lives and bring stability where the alternative is chaos. why don't we give money to the people in the countries affected by violence? after a civil war or during a civil war, you cannot simply find hundreds or thousands of men of goodwill who would be prepared to restore peace. people have been fighting and they need to be taken apart. they need to be given time to work out their political differences. a un peacekeeping force is -- can provide a security force for that process. there are places where un peacekeeping forces have been deployed for too long. troops have been on the ground for an unnecessarily lengthy. of time. in those cases, it might well be possible to draw down un forces and put more funds into training local security forces. in some cases, un missions are doing precisely that. they
if you look at places like sierra leone, liberia, east timor, haiti, the un has played a central role in restoring order to countries that would otherwise be utter wrecks. i think the un's record is deeply imperfect as we have already discussed but overall, un peacekeeping forces do save lives and bring stability where the alternative is chaos. why don't we give money to the people in the countries affected by violence? after a civil war or during a civil war, you cannot simply find hundreds or...
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not know where it is. 10% think it is in egypt. 9% in iran. 6% in cuba. 1% each in north korea and liberia. >> northnorth korea? >> stephanie: 4% not willing to venture a guess. >> herp derp. >> your republican party in action. >> stephanie: okay. jay carney on benghazi. >> what we have here with one issue in benghazi, so clearly a political side show, an effort to politicize a tragedy. >> stephanie: as evidenced by the rnc asking for cash. to get to the bottom of benghazi so presumably now -- so presumably if you elect more congressional republicans in two years, that will help us get to the bottom of this now. won't you please send $5? >> computer says no. >> stephanie: no, john bollton, i will not. but thanks for asking. senator harry reid on this. >> this is about smear politics and nothing else. earlier this year, they didn't say a word. when republicans held up for months and months, security funding of the embassies. >> stephanie: not to mention that it is kind of hilarious that they had access to the e-mails two months ago. that they're now just saying they realize this is the wors
not know where it is. 10% think it is in egypt. 9% in iran. 6% in cuba. 1% each in north korea and liberia. >> northnorth korea? >> stephanie: 4% not willing to venture a guess. >> herp derp. >> your republican party in action. >> stephanie: okay. jay carney on benghazi. >> what we have here with one issue in benghazi, so clearly a political side show, an effort to politicize a tragedy. >> stephanie: as evidenced by the rnc asking for cash. to get to...
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cruise ships are registered in liberia and panama and fly flags of convenience from some, you know, developing country. can viral cruise that just has had several mishaps and operating in charleston paid no taxes at all. no u.s. taxes. the earns which are 15 billion a year, they paid in u.s. taxes. their ceo last year got a $90 million bonus for his operations. >> $90 million bonus? what? >> efforts to tax them have not been very successful. the way the cruise line works is they lobby extensively. heavy lobby and play ports off one against another. >> i want to say hello to donna from cab bin john maryland outside of d.c. >> hi. how are you? >> what's your question? >> i know martha. i am with green earth travel. how are you? >> fine, thanks. >> anyway i wanted to ask your opinion on the small cruise ships, those 100 passenger cruise ships. >> that's a great question. i was hoping bill would ask it. i am glad you did. >> thank you, donna. >> callers are often smarter than bill. >> yes. we call those pocket cruisers, anything under about 200 passengers and they can be far lessen vicive. they te
cruise ships are registered in liberia and panama and fly flags of convenience from some, you know, developing country. can viral cruise that just has had several mishaps and operating in charleston paid no taxes at all. no u.s. taxes. the earns which are 15 billion a year, they paid in u.s. taxes. their ceo last year got a $90 million bonus for his operations. >> $90 million bonus? what? >> efforts to tax them have not been very successful. the way the cruise line works is they...
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in liberia, who i'd known before she was president would say to me when i was growing up way too predictable rainy seasons. they came within a week of initiative time. not anymore. we make it a rainy season. how do i manage my economy and the situation? that is the situation oliver not just africa, the south asia, latin america. edison pena -- and saw the devastating impact of the flooding from a cyclone, where it had filled miles and miles -- hundreds of miles of this paint us what are the crops would not grow on an solid adaptation to climate means. besides revenue base of growing that grow in dry conditions and this is expensive and difficult and poor people are undermined through security. if you undermined people by the heads of the security, it has a huge gender dimension. it's women primarily. still have to get the fire road to go further for the water and that is a pattern that is so in hatful now. we haven't heard as much about it because a lot of poor people didn't know this was caused by the carbon emission that are causing the sharks in this country and elsewhere. they didn't kno
in liberia, who i'd known before she was president would say to me when i was growing up way too predictable rainy seasons. they came within a week of initiative time. not anymore. we make it a rainy season. how do i manage my economy and the situation? that is the situation oliver not just africa, the south asia, latin america. edison pena -- and saw the devastating impact of the flooding from a cyclone, where it had filled miles and miles -- hundreds of miles of this paint us what are the...
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this is outside of liberia expertise if it is being used as effectively as it should be. in general, i want to see more funding for mental health throughout the system both civilian, military and be a. when the mental health is underfunded, it doesn't save money because people in the been incarcerated which is more expensive and treatment and the data about the streets. if you look out the window right here you can see the station many of whom are veterans about 12% of the homeless here are veterans in washington, d.c. and they are very expensive, so the more money or in the civilian world the more money is going to save across time. >> we have been trying to talk on the retired former special assistant to the army surgeon general. >> we appreciate the question. >> on the next washington journal we will talk about the president obama and congressional leaders pressed their way about the public life at the fellowship foundation national prayer breakfast in washington. the annual event with president eisenhower. we also hear from johns hopkins director dr. benjamin. this is
this is outside of liberia expertise if it is being used as effectively as it should be. in general, i want to see more funding for mental health throughout the system both civilian, military and be a. when the mental health is underfunded, it doesn't save money because people in the been incarcerated which is more expensive and treatment and the data about the streets. if you look out the window right here you can see the station many of whom are veterans about 12% of the homeless here are...
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marine corps, having served in iraq and the liberia. thank you for your service. -- is themissile acting director of foreign- btc is aea he joined senior policy analyst in 2008. he directs a new initiative aimed at developing recommendations for u.s. public diplomacy to address 21st century security challenges. btc'sntributed to all and as well as the report focus on how to stabilize vital states. the cybernched security initiative by erecting the 2009 cyber shockwave simulation, and has spoken on the need for butter -- better partnership to respond to cyber attacks. -- ferra.s there are a 2004, he worked with consortium for the study of intelligence studying armed groups of intelligence reform. foreignecades, he was a correspondent and reporter for "the washington post." as reporter, he traveled to latin american countries and investigated the exploding drug war, emergence of russian crime groups, and the growth of mexican drug cartels with the united states. he traveled and revealed the truth about the brutal civil , and brokerra leon
marine corps, having served in iraq and the liberia. thank you for your service. -- is themissile acting director of foreign- btc is aea he joined senior policy analyst in 2008. he directs a new initiative aimed at developing recommendations for u.s. public diplomacy to address 21st century security challenges. btc'sntributed to all and as well as the report focus on how to stabilize vital states. the cybernched security initiative by erecting the 2009 cyber shockwave simulation, and has spoken...
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enforcement departure granted by the administration because the conditions in their home country of liberia were too dangerous for them to return. many of these individuals have now been legally residing, legally residing in our country for more than 20 years, paying taxes, holding jobs, being part of the community. amendment number 1224 would clarify one aspect of the merit-based two-track system ensuring that it makes eligible these liberians and others who were granted t.p.s. or d.e.d. due to dangerous or inss who hospitable conditions in their home countries and meet the ten-year recipe requirement for alien workers. this bill intended to include these populations. however the long-term alien section uses a term -- quote -- "lawfully present" and since this term is not defined by statute it could be subject to interpretation these liberians and others in similar situations could be inadvertently excluded from this track. the intention was always to include them. i ask my colleagues to work with me to correct this so these deserving individuals who four different presidents have supporte
enforcement departure granted by the administration because the conditions in their home country of liberia were too dangerous for them to return. many of these individuals have now been legally residing, legally residing in our country for more than 20 years, paying taxes, holding jobs, being part of the community. amendment number 1224 would clarify one aspect of the merit-based two-track system ensuring that it makes eligible these liberians and others who were granted t.p.s. or d.e.d. due...